so to quantify sentence S, i prefer ur suggestion “I think55% it’ll rain tomorrow”. the percentage is supposed to modify “I think” anyway, so it makes more sense to make them adjacent. it’s just more work bc it’s novel syntax, but that’s temporary.
The principles you propose make a lot of sense! Dropping “I think” or “My best guess” is then for the best80%.
Also, the underset/underbraces stuff is promising55% but too much to spend weirdness points on70%.
FWIW, I too worried that it would be just too weird, but I’ve been surprised how little pushback, criticism, or even notice has been taken of using subscripts for years on Gwern.net. I see more comments about my using fully-justified text!
The principles you propose make a lot of sense! Dropping “I think” or “My best guess” is then for the best80%.
Also, the underset/underbraces stuff is promising55% but too much to spend weirdness points on70%.
FWIW, I too worried that it would be just too weird, but I’ve been surprised how little pushback, criticism, or even notice has been taken of using subscripts for years on Gwern.net. I see more comments about my using fully-justified text!
did you know that, if you’re a hermit, you get infinite weirdness points?
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